Other - Politics & Government - September 2006

Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terror Threat

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (New York Times) — A stark assessment of terrorism trends by American intelligence agencies has found that the American invasion and occupation of Iraq has helped spawn a new generation of Islamic radicalism and that the overall terrorist threat has grown since the Sept. 11 attacks.

The classified National Intelligence Estimate attributes a more direct role to the Iraq war in fueling radicalism than that presented either in recent White House documents or in a report released Wednesday by the House Intelligence Committee, according to several officials in Washington involved in preparing the assessment or who have read the final document.

The intelligence estimate, completed in April, is the first formal appraisal of global terrorism by United States intelligence agencies since the Iraq war began, and represents a consensus view of the 16 disparate spy services inside government. Titled “Trends in Global Terrorism: Implications for the United States,’’ it asserts that Islamic radicalism, rather than being in retreat, has metastasized and spread across the globe.

2006-09-24 13:57:20 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I hate it, lets get rid of it!

2006-09-24 13:45:07 · 14 answers · asked by Sammy 3

how sholud his running mate be?

2006-09-24 13:29:52 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

which became a perfect recruiting excuse for Al Qaeda", as described by Michael Scheuer - the former head of the CIA unit responsible for hunting down Osama bin-Laden?
Are there many people around, who were surprised by this kind of statement from a US official?

2006-09-24 13:26:50 · 24 answers · asked by Abelard 3

I think she should pick John Kerry.

2006-09-24 13:17:49 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

church people are good so why cannot we let them run the country?are we afraid they will force us to do bad things or what?

2006-09-24 12:57:45 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

i havnet made up my mind yet on what group i want to be in. why should i be a democrat?

2006-09-24 12:44:26 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Stoning women, temporary marriages, cutting off hands of thieves, beheading adulterers, and many other acts reported to be punishments in the Middle East are wrong and are unforgiveable. I suspect most muslims find them abhorrent too, but these are not reasons to hate all muslims.

International Bodies, the UN and countries should make it illegal for these acts to be performed. That is a way of stopping these barbaric acts.

2006-09-24 12:43:12 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-24 12:39:31 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-24 12:39:11 · 5 answers · asked by iluverzskuts 1

2006-09-24 11:50:23 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have just been really bombed with homework, and wanted to know if any of you could explain these questions to me:

Explain the relationship between the Shiites, Kurds, and Saddam Hussein.

Describe what happened to the Kurds and Shiites following the Persian Gulf War and explain why this happened.

Even if you aren't sure of the answers to either of these, any replies would help. Thank you

2006-09-24 11:47:03 · 10 answers · asked by jenny 6

If the US invades countries for oil, why hasn't Bush invaded Canada to take their oil? We get more oil from Canada than we do the middle east?

Furthermore, why havn't we taken any oil from Iraq?

2006-09-24 11:34:54 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Oil companies used to say that it takes 6 months after the price of crude goes down for the price at the pump to go down. This month I have seen about 10 years worth of price drops.

2006-09-24 11:28:20 · 26 answers · asked by Carlos D 4

2006-09-24 11:25:33 · 15 answers · asked by Rawrrrr 6

How we live in society right now, do you believe it is more econimic, civic, or religion? And why? Which one would be better in organizing a society?

2006-09-24 11:07:52 · 2 answers · asked by K. J 1

I think it's China and here is why, China brutally invaded neighbor Tibet in 1949, since then 1. 2 million Tibetans have died as a result of Chinese invasion and illegal occupation. This is worse then genocide in Rwanda or the killings in Darfur Africa. That number is not just what the Tibetans say but US state department and many other countries. China is still continuing its arbitary arrests of innocent Tibetans inluding monks and nuns just for practising thier religion and bealiving in thier leader the Dalai lama.
There is no news media reports of what's happening inside Tibet but tibs fleeing describes how they were jailed tortured or thier freinds killed in jail.
China killed hundreds of its own Chinese citizens in Tainaman square in 1989 following the demonstration. There is no democracy in China, no freedom of religious practise and internet cencorship.
China supports countries that prosecutes its people and countries where there is no democracy or human rights.

2006-09-24 11:07:34 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-24 11:06:37 · 20 answers · asked by Mike P 3

We all know about the hit & miss during the last years of his administration - failing to kill Osama Bin Laden.

In retrospect, if one is to believe that Republican politicians were so aware of the danger posed by Osama Bin Laden, why were no attempts made to neutralize him or his terrorist network during the beginning of the first Bush administration?

2006-09-24 11:06:24 · 18 answers · asked by buzzfeedbrenny 5

2006-09-24 11:01:14 · 1 answers · asked by Sarah 1

Student and Teacher Safety Act of 2006 - Requires states, local educational agencies, and school districts to deem a search of any minor student on public school grounds to be reasonable and permissible if conducted by a full-time teacher or school official, acting on any colorable suspicion based on professional experience and judgment, to ensure that the school remain free of all weapons, dangerous materials, or illegal narcotics.

Denies Safe Schools and Citizenship Education funds, provided under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, to states, local educational agencies, and school districts that fail to deem such searches reasonable and permissible.

2006-09-24 10:54:47 · 1 answers · asked by coniotic_girl067 2

2006-09-24 10:54:10 · 54 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-24 10:52:52 · 17 answers · asked by 𝒶𝓂𝒶𝓎𝓊𝓀𝒾 7

...must be prime examples of all christendom? Why not?


1. Christians riot to protest execution of 3 in Indonesia
Associated Press
Published September 23, 2006

PALU, Indonesia -- Indonesian authorities appealed for calm after riots that followed the executions Friday of three Roman Catholic militants.

Christian mobs torched cars and government buildings, looted shops and attacked a jail, freeing hundreds of inmates after the early-morning executions of the three men, who faced a firing squad in Palu.


2. Nigerian Christians Riot, Kill Muslims in Retaliation

By James Joyner

Christian mobs rampaged through a southern Nigerian city Tuesday, burning mosques and killing several people in an outbreak of anti-Muslim violence that followed deadly protests against caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad over the weekend.

2006-09-24 10:41:48 · 4 answers · asked by Verdi 1

be paid to pay a lot more in road tax. I mean they are arrogant, take up more space in car parks, usually because they can not park between the lines and they bully smaller cars?

2006-09-24 10:30:10 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-24 10:21:46 · 10 answers · asked by Notre1Dame 2

2006-09-24 10:20:35 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you increase the minimum wage, does it not become more expensive to hire a worker in America which will make companies think 'we should export these jobs as its cheaper to hire people in China'.

2006-09-24 10:16:12 · 11 answers · asked by marceldev29 4

2006-09-24 10:15:27 · 2 answers · asked by Pumpkinseed38 1

Facts are facts. they are neither Republican, Democrat nor a religious denomination. Facts are the plain simple truth. The following are some disturbing facts.
Fact: Bush and his administration used deceptions to plunge us into a seemingly unnececessary and endless war with Iraq.
that is costing billions of dollars and thousands of lives.
Facts: a large percentage of the USA is without healthcare yet Bush has promised health care to any and all Iraq citizens. but mention universal healthcare to our Republican congress and they call it socialized medicine and vote it down. Go figure?
Facts: Bush and the republican congress are destroying the middleclass by giving tax breaks to the very rich, out-souring the good paying jobs to foreign countries voting against minimum wages and making higher education unaffordable for the masses
Only for the rich. The rich are getting richer at the expense of the poor. Do you think these problems are more inportant?

2006-09-24 10:06:57 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous